Learning about Library 2.0

We just completed our regional in-service training session on "New (and Free) Technologies for Libraries and Their Communities: Library 2.0", held at our regional center today. Twenty-one participants attended, of which many stated that this was the first thing they had ever heard about "Library 2.0".

The session was intended to be a "eagle-eye" view of new technologies, such as blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, podcasting, and instant messaging. We took a quick look at various tools, talked about how they could be used in libraries, looked at library websites to see how various libraries are using them, and then actually created a blog, an RSS "newspage" using an RSS aggregator, and a simple library wiki.

Each participant received a packet of resource materials. Several participants asked for these documents in electronic form, so we have loaded them to our new regional wiki.
To access the resource documents, go to: http://flrlwiki.pbwiki.com/Training+Resources , then click on "Training Resources" in the sidebar box on the right side of the screen. These documents can be downloaded to your computer.

We hope that the participants will seriously consider participating in the Learning 2.0 program sponsored by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, and found at http://tslalearning.blogspot.com/ . And have lots of FUN while learning!

We also hope that your library will seriously consider expanding your library community by using these new tools. Remember our motto for the day:

Conversation, Community, Connections, and Collaboration = Library 2.0

Our newest regional support service - FLRLWiki

Tomorrow, October 26, the Fort Loudoun Regional Library will be unveiling our newest regional support service for our member libraries. Our new regional wiki, FLRLWiki, will be officially presented at our October in-service training session, "New (and FREE) Technologies for Libraries and Their Communities."

The new wiki is designed to be a support site of information crucial to our twenty-seven public libraries, their staff members, library boards and Friends of Libraries. The wiki will include important guides, manuals, toolkits, documents, directories, calendars, and links to information of interest to librarians and library trustees in the management of their libraries.

Check out the new wiki at: http://flrlwiki.pbwiki.com/

Welcome to FLRL Footnotes!

From the "Foot" of the Smoky Mountains and the Cherokee National Forest, I welcome you to the new Fort Loudoun Regional Library blog. Created as part of a regional in-service on Library 2.0, this blog will be used to bring you news from around the Fort Loudoun Region, from the Tennessee Library World, and maybe even a bit of news from libraries across the nation. The mission of this blog is to keep you posted on what is going on in the exciting world of public libraries! Keep tuned to this station for further developments...